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. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," on the edge with the fiscal cliff approaching, a growing number of republicans are signaling they are willing to break that no-tax pledge. >> a pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> but what about house majority leader eric cantor? >> there's a lot that has been said about this pledge, and i will tell you when i go to the constituents that have re-elected me, it is not about that pledge, it really is about trying to solve problems. >> cabinet chuckle as u.n. ambassador susan rice defends her initial comments about benghazi. >> when discussing the attacks against our facilities in benghazi, i relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the
. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," on the edge with the fiscal cliff approaching, a growing number of republicans are signaling they are willing to break that no-tax pledge. >> a pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> but what about...
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with an urgent need to address the fiscal cliff, support our economic recovery and consider the unrest in the middle east, congress has the day off. in fact, the house has spent just 109 days in the office this year. nice work if you can get it. nbc's luke russert joins us from a very sleepy capitol hill. luke, you have got to be kidding me. another day off, another day off? >> well, martin, it's the house schedule. it's been out a while. republicans say that, look, you can go back to 2008, democrats had the same number -- less days in the house, but i think what the main issue here is we have seen that in the course of these types of negotiations, the longer time that is spent each size staking out their position, the less they're actually trying to work towards a consensus. the idea is if more folks are here and there's more of a consensus being drawn, there's a better probability of this not dragging out to december 31st. >> i mean, that's not rocket science, luke. what you just said -- >> no, it's not. >> -- makes absolute sense, and yet 109 days this year. >> correct. and what the
with an urgent need to address the fiscal cliff, support our economic recovery and consider the unrest in the middle east, congress has the day off. in fact, the house has spent just 109 days in the office this year. nice work if you can get it. nbc's luke russert joins us from a very sleepy capitol hill. luke, you have got to be kidding me. another day off, another day off? >> well, martin, it's the house schedule. it's been out a while. republicans say that, look, you can go back to...
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cliff are picking up steam. joining me now, mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and ruth marcus, columnist and editorial writer for the "washington post." to you, mark, what is your read about what we've been hearing the last couple of days about grover norquist, the pledge and how much running room the speaker does have to b negotiating a deal. >> i did a spit take with my fruity pebbles watching "morning joe" because eric cantor's tone was unlike anything i've ever heard. his office is saying oh, no, he's against raising marginal rates, but it's clear that in the scheme of things, the biggest piece is does john boehner have enough running room to strike a deal involving some new revenue. i still am of the belief that the vote in the house, which will be a cliff hanger no matter what happens amongst the leaders in the white house, it will be a tough vote. i think it will be a democratic buildup than a republican buildup. but there's no doubt that if eric cantor is willing to at least vo
cliff are picking up steam. joining me now, mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc and ruth marcus, columnist and editorial writer for the "washington post." to you, mark, what is your read about what we've been hearing the last couple of days about grover norquist, the pledge and how much running room the speaker does have to b negotiating a deal. >> i did a spit take with my fruity pebbles watching "morning joe" because eric cantor's...
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martha: as congress approaches the deadline for the fiscal cliff house majority leader eric cantor joins us live in "america's newsroom" to talk about the deadline, the negotiations, the concessions, what is this going to look like? we'll be right back. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their...
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the so-called fiscal cliff. but there are new signs that lawmakers may be willing to compromise. a growing number of republicans are slowly backing away from grover norquist's anti-tax pledge. saying they're open to letting revenues rise if democrats do their part in the budget talks. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, and republicans should put revenue on the table. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> a pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. for instance, if i were in congress in 1941, i would have signed the declaration of war against japan. we're not going to attack japan today. the world has changed, and the economic situation is different. >> so peter king is telling us, mike barnicle, not only is he going soft on taxes, he's going soft on japan. >> i know. >> it's not just peter king on the taxes. it's a big step,
the so-called fiscal cliff. but there are new signs that lawmakers may be willing to compromise. a growing number of republicans are slowly backing away from grover norquist's anti-tax pledge. saying they're open to letting revenues rise if democrats do their part in the budget talks. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, and republicans should put revenue on the table. i will violate the pledge, long story...